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On the Great Wall (cont.)

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Because of the angle of the sun, it was perfect photography conditions. There was virtually no snow, and it looked like late autumn, even though it was early January. The only better time, according to some people we talked with later on who had done this 8 times already, was in October, when the leaves [...]

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Arrival in Beijing

Friday, March 2, 2007

Note: this is something I wrote up when I was just getting ready to leave for India, but couldn’t upload until I returned.
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Beijing 12-15 Jan 2007
The weather for the past several days has been great, especially for Beijing. I’ve been reading that the skies are almost never blue, but I’ve had blue skies, and clear [...]

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Leaving for Beijing

Thursday, January 11, 2007

I will be leaving for Beijing on thursday (Jan 11, 2007) for several days. After that, I will be travelling to India for two months.
Back in China on Feb 27th!

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Qiqihar at last!

Friday, January 5, 2007

Ever since I met a visiting English teacher from China in my adult education classes, I’ve wanted to go visit her city, since it is very far north, and way off the beaten path, so to speak.
So, since we had a few days off around new years, I took the opportunity to travel up there.
After [...]

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Studying for finals is a great motivator for wasting time

Friday, January 5, 2007

Since I’m supposed to be studying for finals, I’ve found lot’s of interesting ways to “divert myself”, important things like making sure all my socks are folded and neatly stacked…
Here’s one, a fun game. Take a bit of time to load (it’s flash based)
Read all about it (including secrets) here: http://samorost2.blogspot.com/
Play game at http://www.samorost.net/samorost2/http://www.samorost.net/samorost2/
game award [...]

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